Border Wall Construction Begins in Big Bend
Border Wall Construction Begins in Big Bend
The News
Customs and Border Protection has begun installing border wall panels in the Big Bend 1 project area of west Texas, the Trump administration's first major construction push in a stretch of border that has drawn unusually broad local opposition.
Big Bend covers roughly 500 miles of the Texas border and is divided into five project areas. Opponents there include private landowners, ranchers, business owners, environmental groups and Native Americans.
Landowners, ranchers and a regional nonprofit sued this week to stop the work.
The Numbers
$46 billion — the total cost of the administration's border infrastructure plan.
200 miles — new barriers built since the administration took office.
12 miles a week — CBP's current construction pace, double its earlier rate.
Timeline
Landowners, ranchers and a regional nonprofit file suit seeking to halt construction in the Big Bend region.
Reporting confirms CBP has started putting up panels in the Big Bend 1 area, the first major build in the region.
CBP suspends work near Big Bend National Park as an outreach gesture to critics, while construction proceeds elsewhere in the region.
Reactions
Clara Benson of the No Big Bend Wall Coalition said the group will keep fighting even after the panels go up.
Opponents argue the remote Big Bend stretch is not a high-traffic crossing area and does not justify a wall. The coalition against it spans private landowners, ranchers, business owners, environmental groups and Native Americans — a mix that cuts across the usual political lines on border security.
CBP points to its accelerated construction schedule, now running at roughly 12 miles of new barrier a week.
What's Next
The central question is whether a court will pause construction while the new lawsuit is litigated.
Also unresolved: how CBP proceeds in places where private landowners refuse access for surveying, and whether the agency resumes work near Big Bend National Park after suspending it.
More
Coverage of the story has not split along partisan lines. Outlets are reporting the same CBP statement and the same opposition voices, without editorial divergence on the underlying facts.
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